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Burnham eyes youth minimum wage rethink as jobs crisis bites

Business

Andy Burnham’s government is considering slowing planned minimum wage rises for young workers amid concerns that higher employment costs are making businesses more reluctant to hire them. Downing Street and the Treasury are examining whether the rapid increase in wages for under-21s has contributed to Britain’s youth jobs crisis, Bloomberg first reported, as ministers prepare […]
Anthropic boss warns AI could ‘outrun our ability’ to control it

Tech

Opinion

How can a politician run London if they’ve never run a business?

Opinion

Our politicians all agree on the need for economic growth, yet none of them seems to have even worked in the private sector let alone actually run a business. Should we be surprised that growth continues to elude us, asks Alex Challoner. What do a dance producer, a lecturer in social psychology, a footballer, an […]
On this day: ‘I can hear you… and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon’

Opinion

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Sport

Burnham 1-0 Khan: Cardiff right place for Fury vs Joshua boxing bout

Sport Business

Cardiff is a wonderful city in which to watch sport; the Millenium Principality Stadium is one of the world’s great arenas, the adjacent Cardiff Arms Park one of the country’s most historic grounds and Sophia Gardens will always be one of the nation’s premium Test cricket hosts. Throw in the famous Chippy Lane, an often […]
Serie A won’t catch the Premier League by selling its rights better

Sport Business

The Punter

Back Joseph’s Enceladus to beat Father’s Christmas

Sport

SATURDAY’s card from Doncaster features the final Classic of the British Flat season, the Group One Betfred St Leger (3.35pm). Derby winner Christmas Day heads the market in a bid to give Aidan O’Brien a fourth St Leger win in as many years. He holds clear claims stepping up to this trip for the first […]
Dubai and Spirit look sure to be in the Mix at Chester

Sport
Episode 105: Doncaster St Leger Festival and Chester

Sport

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